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Quentin Tarantino

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Guest review: Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Guest reviewer Damian Arlyn considers the place of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood in director Quentin Tarantino's oeuvre.

Kill Bill's role model for a Christian woman

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Kill Bill's role model for a Christian woman

Lauren Wilford at Christ and Pop Culture: Kill Bill Skeptical? I think Lauren would understand that. But you've got to read this. It'll all become clear to you. I've been a fan of Lauren's writing for several years — she wrote a guest

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Blaze of Gory

On Christmas Day 2012 — while Americans were still grieving for victims of the Newtown elementary-school massacre — "Django Unchained," the new film by Quentin Tarantino, opened nationwide. This week, as my community grieves the loss of lives in two recent Seattle school shootings, Tarantino's hyper

Moonrise Kingdom

Look! An April Shower of Distractions — Six Links

Just in case you missed them, here's a list of six distractions from the past few days. It's a parade of bizarre attractions starring... Quentin Tarantino, Steve Taylor, Donald Miller, Roman Coppola, Wes Anderson, Andrew Sullivan, Steve Martin, Edie Brickell, and a feast served by somebody named Bab

Quentin Tarantino, America's Competition Addiction, and Movies That the Oscars Overlooked

Of Gods and Men

Quentin Tarantino, America's Competition Addiction, and Movies That the Oscars Overlooked

This story stars a gunslinging hero, some Trappist monks, a French chef, and a little golden statue called Oscar...

Django Unchained

Django Unchained (2012)

"Django Unchained" stands in stark contrast to traditions of American storytelling that have covered up the suffering slaves endured. When a culture tells stories that excuse its own evils long enough, the pendulum is sure to swing the other direction to reveal, even exaggerate, what has been left o

Inglourious Basterds (2009) - guest review

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Inglourious Basterds (2009) - guest review

In the last several weeks, I’ve had several interesting debates online about the film Inglourious Basterds, by Quentin Tarantino. I’m currently working on a two-part article of my own, describing my complicated, sometimes-contradictory thoughts and feelings about the film. It is difficult for me to give

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

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Inglourious Basterds (2009)

[This two-part post about Quentin Tarantino's style and the release of Inglourious Basterds was originally published at Good Letters, the Image blog. I have also posted a guest review of the film by Ryan Holt.] • NOTE: The following post contains spoilers. • Part One In elementary school, I

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Reconsidering Basterds, and Catching Up with Rightwing Film Geek

Is it wise for me to tell you that my opinion of Inglourious Basterds has changed dramatically over the past few weeks? I don't have a review yet to back up that claim. I keep starting to write one, and then my thoughts and feelings continue to evolve.

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My Pitch for the Next Tarantino movie

I've been told more than once now that because the Scriptures contain stories of violent revenge and conquest, and since Christ is going to come again to unleash bloody justice upon unbelievers, that perhaps I should question my objections to a movie that invites us to find pleasure

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Must-read movie review: Daniel Mendelsohn, "Inglourious Basterds: When Jews Attack"

You must read Daniel Mendelsohn - ‘Inglourious Basterds’: When Jews Attack I've read a lot of writing about Quentin Tarantino's new film. Some folks seem to be having a lot of fun at the movie. I wish I'd had fun. Mendelsohn sounds like he saw

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Is This Appealing?

WARNING: This trailer pertains to a Quentin Tarantino film. That is to say, it's not for the squeamish. It is a marketer's job to make a product appealing, to cultivate an appetite for what they're selling. This leads me to some questions... 1. What

Grindhouse (2007): A Looking Closer Film Forum

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Grindhouse (2007): A Looking Closer Film Forum

Before we join the rush of religious-press reviewers who are condemning Grindhouse outright, let's understand what it is first. Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez have a particular nostalgia for films like those they watched growing up. Many of those films were cheap, exploitative, spectacularly bad, and filled

Anthony Lane on Sin City

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Anthony Lane on Sin City

Here’s The New Yorker's Anthony Lane on Sin City, clever as always: We have, it is clear, reached the lively dead end of a process that was initiated by a fretful Martin Scorsese and inflamed, with less embarrassed glee, by Tarantino: the process of knowing everything about

Sin City: Peter Chattaway has seen it

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Sin City: Peter Chattaway has seen it

And he's “still processing it.” If this is how he “processes,” I can't wait to read the final review. This film tells something like five or six stories, some very short and some a little longer, and they all reflect that grim, morbid, sadomasochistic thing that

Quentin Tarantino speaks: Best of 2005 and his future

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Quentin Tarantino speaks: Best of 2005 and his future

“My favourite movie this year was Shaun of the Dead … that was my favourite script this year, that was my favourite movie this year. After that I also loved The Passion of the Christ. I loved Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. I loved The Incredibles. I loved Before